Much Salafi content is anodyne and geared towards identity formation and practical religious guidance. However, numerous types of ‘toxicity’ are represented across the ecosystem, ranging from religious supremacy to rejections of democracy. Thread🧵
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In cooperation with @textgain, ISD developed a ranking tool drawing on 10,000 frequent Salafi expressions, to assess language defined as toxic across a range of axes, including sectarianism, misogyny, othering narratives and violent threats.
@textgain Political and social context is key in the selection of the out-groups targeted. English- and German-speaking communities target non-Muslim out-groups more often than they target Muslim out-groups, while the reverse is true for Arabic-speaking Salafis online.
@textgain While Facebook is one of the most universally popular platforms for Salafis, Telegram, YouTube comments and Instagram were found to host the highest proportion of toxic posts.
@textgain 1 in 20 Arabic Salafi messages and 1 in 30 English and German posts were ‘very toxic’ according to our classification system. These included directly threatening, dehumanising and supremacist posts.
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